"Claim: FAA orders 'radical' cuts in flights at major airports amid shutdown"

Question

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that 10% of the scheduled capacity for flights will be cut in busy areas of the national airspace. The dramatic action has caused major issues and halts to traveling in the country.

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy warned travelers previously that the federal shutdown would cause mass cancellations and chaos, and says that he thinks this will lead to more cancellations. The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) plans to release the "high traffic areas" Thursday, although it seems fair to suspect that included will be the 30 long-standing "core" facilities, that are the major airports in the country (Atlanta, Boston, Washington DC, among other areas).

A 10% overall cut would be around 5,000 flights per day. Bedford claims this decision is to put less pressure on air traffic controllers, who have been working without pay amid the government shutdown. How long the delays will last is unclear, Duffy suggests that the decision to life them will be "data driven".

Answer 1

Although this claim is mostly correct, I wouldn't use the word "radical" for the cuts.

These cuts are as you said to put less stress on air traffic controllers and FAA workers in general, but it is only 10% of flights. Now while that is a big number, it's not a huge number. The flights being prioritized are international flights to and from America. Then, company airlines are going to be prioritizing flights to their major hub airports.
Ex. Delta - Atlanta, Southwest - Denver, etc.

The delay SHOULD last until the government shutdown is lifted, and money reflows back into the FAA. And with this new agreement, it seems not long.